Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 10 - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

put (Latin) “to think; to determine”

fid (Latin) “to believe, to trust”

sent, sens (Latin) “to feel”

cred, creed (Latin) “to believe”  

Unit 10 Word List: reputation, compute, confident, confidante, sentimental, sensible, sensation, incredible, discredit, creed

The Latin and Greek Unit 10 Quiz is Friday, December 5th. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - This week we will continue our class novel, The Lions of Little Rock. We will review chapters 1-8, use context clues to determine vocabulary from chapters 9-16, discuss causes of change in our main character, analyze dialogue, predict, discuss story elements, and continue to learn characteristics of historical fiction.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, December 8th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, December 5th.

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 10 - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

juris (Latin) “law”

pun (Latin) “to punish, punishment, penalty”

liti (Latin) “to press a lawsuit”

nom, nem (Greek) “law; custom share to measure out”  

dic (Greek) “justice”

Unit 10 Word List: jurisprudence, jurisdiction, perjure, impunity, punitive, subpoena, litigation, litigant, autonomous, nemesis, syndicate

The Latin and Greek Unit 10 Quiz is Friday, December 5th. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - This week we will begin our new class novel, Fever 1793. We will discuss pre-reading strategies on this historical fiction classic. We will also work on vocabulary in context for chapters 1-5, along with comprehension checks, analyzing passages, making connections, cause/effect, summarizing and discussing early story elements. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, December 8th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, December 5th.

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 10 - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

ben (Latin) “well, good”

cord (Latin) “heart”

anim (Latin) “spirit”

mal (Latin) “bad”

Unit 10 Word List: benevolent, benefactor, benign, accord, discord, cordial, animosity, equanimity, magnanimous, dismal, malevolent, malicious

The Latin and Greek Unit 10 Quiz is Friday, December 5th. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - This week, we will continue our class novel, The Outsiders, focusing on chapters 5-8 this week. Students will work on vocabulary in context, discuss story elements, make predictions, and discuss character connections. Also, we will work together on comprehension questions, “digging deeper” questions, and analyzing literary devices. After reading and discussing chapters 5-8, students will be put to the challenge of new character map highlighting the chapters of this week.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, December 8th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, December 5th.

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Due to our short week, we will be taking a break from our Latin and Greek vocabulary studies. Unit 10 will resume Monday, December 1st. 

Class Novel - On Monday, we will review chapters 1-8 in The Lions of Little Rock by focusing on long and short comprehension responses, reviewing vocabulary, discussing character connections, and summarizing the chapters read last week. 

On Tuesday, students will read our November issue of Scholastic Scope Magazine where we will read a short article on movie makeup (focusing on the character, Elphaba, from Wicked: For Good). Also, we will read and discuss nonfiction articles on the challenges Southwest panthers face using the skills cause/effect, problem/solution, and sequence of events. Finally, we hope to also read an article about a favorite holiday tradition, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Weekly Reading Log - Students are encouraged to keep reading over the break, but a Reading Log will not be assigned. Our next historical fiction Reading Log will be assigned on Monday, December 1st and due on December Monday, December 8th.

iReady Reading Practice - iReady will also not be assigned this week. We will resume iReady on Monday, December 1st. 

Wishing you all a safe, blessed, and enjoyable Thanksgiving with your family!

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Due to our short week, we will be taking a break from our Latin and Greek vocabulary studies. Unit 10 will resume Monday, December 1st. 

In Class Reading - On Monday, students will present their Who Is/Who Was biography brochures. Students have been working so hard on learning how to read biographies, pulling out important and interesting information, sequencing, and going back through text to reread through the presidents and Native Americans we studied as a class. We are excited to have our student biography experts teach the class all about some amazing people they learned about! The biography presentation will include information on each person’s early life, family, education, obstacles, careers, how they impacted the world, interesting facts, and famous quotes.

Weekly Reading Log - Students are encouraged to keep reading over the break, but a Reading Log will not be assigned. Our next historical fiction Reading Log will be assigned on Monday, December 1st and due on December Monday, December 8th. 

iReady Reading Practice - iReady will also not be assigned this week. We will resume iReady on Monday, December 1st. 

Wishing you all a safe, blessed, and enjoyable Thanksgiving with your family!

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Due to our short week, we will be taking a break from our Latin and Greek vocabulary studies. Unit 10 will resume Monday, December 1st. 

Class Novel - On Monday in class, students will complete a complex character map on chapters 1-4 in class with a partner. Students will have to go back into the novel, reread, and map out the character connections. A POP quiz for The Outsiders, chapters 1-4 is also planned for Monday. 

If time allows during this short week, students will read our November issue of Scholastic Scope Magazine where we will read a short article on movie makeup (focusing on the character, Elphaba, from Wicked: For Good). Also, we will read and discuss nonfiction articles on the challenges Southwest panthers face using the skills cause/effect, problem/solution, and sequence of events. Finally, we hope to also read an article about a favorite holiday tradition, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Weekly Reading Log - Students are encouraged to keep reading over the break, but a Reading Log will not be assigned. Our next historical fiction Reading Log will be assigned on Monday, December 1st and due on December Monday, December 8th. 

iReady Reading Practice - iReady will also not be assigned this week. We will resume iReady on Monday, December 1st. 

Wishing you all a safe, blessed, and enjoyable Thanksgiving with your family!

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 9- Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

fort (Latin) “strong”

teg (Latin) “whole, unbroken”

firm (Latin) “to strengthen, to give strength”

val, valid (Latin) “to be strong; to be worth” and “strong”  

Unit 9 Word List: effortless, fortify, fortitude, integrate, integrity, disintegrate, affirmative, confirm, infirm, invaluable, evaluate, invalid, validate

The Latin and Greek Unit 9 Quiz is Friday, November 21st. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - This week we will focus on our new class novel, The Lions of Little Rock. We will be completing some “before reading” activities, use context clues to determine vocabulary from chapters 1-8, predict, discuss early story elements, and characteristics of historical fiction. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, November 24th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, November 21st.

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 9- Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

ment (Latin) “mind”

mne (Greek) “to remember” and “remembering”

gno (Greek) “to know”

not, noise, naiss (Latin) “to know”  

ratio (Latin) “reason”  

Unit 9 Word List: demented, mentality, amnesty, mnemonic, diagnosis, prognosis, notorious, connoisseur, reconnaissance, ration, rational

The Latin and Greek Unit 9 Quiz is Friday, November 21st. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

In-Class Reading - We will continue reading and understanding the components of a biography through reading short biographies together on two famous Native Americans, Chief Black Hawk and Sacagawea while practicing our “Close Reading” skills. 

Students will also independently read their first Who Is/Who Was title where they will be applying close reading strategies to determine their person of choice’s personal information, early life, education, career highlights, obstacles, awards, famous quotes, what they are most known for, and interesting information. The Who Is/Who Was report is due Monday, November 24th. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, November 24th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, November 21st.

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 9- Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

uni (Latin) “one”

mono (Greek) “one”

homo (Greek) “the same”

equi (Latin) “equal, even”  

Unit 9 Word List: uniform, unison, unanimous, monologue, monopolize, monogamy, monolithic, homonym, homogenized, equitable, equilibrium, iniquity

The Latin and Greek Unit 9 Quiz is Friday, November 21st. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - This week, we will continue our class title, The Outsiders, focusing on chapters 3-5 this week. Students will work on vocabulary in context, discuss early story elements, make predictions, and discuss character connections. Also, we will work together on comprehension questions, “digging deeper” questions, and analyzing literary devices. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, November 24th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, November 21st. 

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 8- Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

cess (Latin) “to go; to yield”

grad, gress (Latin) “to go; to progress”

it (Latin) “to go”

cur, cours (Latin) “to run”

Unit 8 Word List: accessible, succession, procession, transgress, progression, gradual, ambition, transit, occurrence, course, currency, recurrent

The Latin and Greek Unit 8 Quiz is Friday, November 14th. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - We wrapped up the amazing class novel, Holes, last week. We also started the film, Holes, in class on Thursday. The film will run into the first two or three days of this week. As students watch the movie, they will be completing a Venn Diagram comparing the novel to the film. We will also be looking a little more closely at some specific character connections. We have all been so excited to see this novel come to life! 

Mid-week, we will be starting our new class novel, Lions of Little Rock. This classic historical fiction title is about how two girls separated by race form an unbreakable bond during the tumultuous integration of Little Rock schools in 1958. As we start this novel we will grasp new vocabulary through context, make predictions, and start to understand the early story elements. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, November 17th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, November 14th.

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 8- Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

insul (Latin) “island”

idio (Greek) “single; peculiar; personal”

num (Latin) “to count”

plus, plur (Latin) “many”

sing (Latin) “single”

Unit 8 Word List: insular, insulate, idiosyncrasy, idiom, enumerate, innumerable, nonplussed, surplus, plurality, single, singular

The Latin and Greek Unit 8 Quiz is Friday, November 14th. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

In-Class Reading - On Monday, we will begin a biography unit. Together we will work on reading and understanding the components of a biography through reading short biographies on some pretty cool presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight S. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Regean. 

We will also spend time working on “Close Reading” where students will follow some ABC’s and 123’s…

A - Allow Stops -  good readers read and reread the same text, stopping to mark and noticing confusing parts, and highlighting parts they want to discuss with others.

B - Big Ideas and Structure - good readers understand the big idea presented by the author and how it is presented.

C - Critical Stance - good readers infer and develop their own opinion and critical stance based on the information presented, making connections as they analyze the material.

1 - First Read - read the article for general understanding while highlighting and taking notes about big ideas from the text. Mark parts that are confusing.

2 - Second Read - reread the text and dive deeper into the text’s structure. Think about vocabulary words, author’s craft, and differentiating important from interesting information

3 - Third Read - reread the text with the author’s purpose in mind, evaluating the “why” something is, developing an opinion, and taking a critical stance on big ideas. 

Students will also begin to independently read their first Who Is/Who Was title where they will be applying close reading strategies to determine their person of choice’s personal information, early life, education, career highlights, obstacles, awards, famous quotes, what they are most known for, and interesting information. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, November 17th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, November 14th.

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 8- Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

ped (Latin) “foot”

ped (Greek) “child”

vest (Latin) “clothing”

corpor, corpu (Latin) “body”

Unit 8 Word List: impediment, expedient, pedestrian, pedant, pedagogue, travesty, vested, vestment, divest, corporeal, corpulent, incorporate

The Latin and Greek Unit 8 Quiz is Friday, November 14th. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - This week we will begin our new class novel and historical fiction title, The Outsiders.  The Outsiders is a young adult novel by S.E. Hinton about 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis, who is part of a gang of working-class "Greasers" in 1960s Oklahoma. The story follows Ponyboy and his friends as they navigate a violent rivalry with the wealthier "Socs," a conflict that intensifies after a confrontation leads to a death, forcing Ponyboy and his friend Johnny on the run. The book explores themes of class struggle, loyalty, and finding common ground between rival groups. As we start this novel we will grasp new vocabulary through context, make predictions, and start to understand the early story elements. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, November 17th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, November 14th.

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Unit 7 continues into this week. Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

liter (Latin) “letter”

log (Greek) “word, speech, idea, reason”

gram, graph (Greek) “letter, writing” and “to write”

script, scrib (Latin) “to write”

Unit 7 Word List: literal, literate, obliterate, illogical, analogy, apologetic, diagram, program, biographical, descriptive, subscribe, manuscript

The Latin and Greek Unit 7 Quiz is Thursday, November 6th. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will conclude their class novel, Holes, by completing their comprehension questions from chapters 49-50 on Tuesday. A quiz on Holes chapters 33-50 is planned for Tuesday, November 4th. To wrap up such an amazing class novel, we will be starting the film, Holes, in class on Wednesday. We plan to watch Holes from Wednesday and Thursday. If additional time is needed, we will conclude the movie on Monday, November 10th. As students watch the movie, they will be completing a Venn Diagram comparing the novel to the film. We are all so excited to see this novel come to life! 

Weekly Reading Log - On Monday, we travel to the library for a historical fiction introduction and check out time. New Historical Fiction Reading Logs will be explained in class on Tuesday. Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a historical fiction title (of their choice) at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, November 10th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, November 7th.

Don’t forget, no school on Friday, November 7th due to Teacher Inservice!

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Unit 7 continues into this week. Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

val, vail (Latin) “to be strong”

fort (Latin) “strong”

dur (Latin) “tough, hard” and “to last”

rob (Latin) “oak; strength”

solid (Latin) “to make solid”

Unit 7 Word List: valiant, valor, avail, fortitude, forte, enduring, durable, duration, corroborate, robust, consolidate, solidarity

The Latin and Greek Unit 7 Quiz is Wednesday, November 5th. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear reading chapters 25-28. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, predict, explain, make character connections, describe character traits, summarize, participate in class discussions, answer comprehension questions, and continue to understand story elements. A quiz on chapters 24-28 is planned for Wednesday, November 5th. Upon conclusion of the novel on Wednesday, students will be introduced to a group project where they will be completing a “plot mountain”. This project consists of the students diving deep into the plot throughout the novel to find details and evidence on the exposition, rising action, inciting incident, climax, falling action, resolution, and theme. They will be creating a poster on these stages within their small groups. 

Weekly Reading Log - On Monday, a new Historical Fiction Reading Log will be introduced. Students had the opportunity to check out historical fiction titles on Friday during our library time. Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a historical fiction title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Historical Fiction Reading Logs are due Monday, November 10th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, November 7th.

Don’t forget, no school on Friday, November 7th due to Teacher Inservice!

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Unit 7 continues into this week. Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

bell (Latin) “war”

am (Latin) “love” and “friend”

agon (Greek) “contest; struggle”

phil (Greek) “love”

Unit 7 Word List: bellicose, antebellum, belligerence, enamored, amiable, amicable, antagonize, protagonist, antagonist, philosophical, philanthropy, bibliophile

The Latin and Greek Unit 7 Quiz is Wednesday, November 5th. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - We concluded our class novel, Prisoner B-3087, on Thursday. On Monday, students will be introduced to a group project where they will be completing a “plot mountain”. This project consists of the students diving deep into the plot throughout the novel to find details and evidence on the exposition, rising action, inciting incident, climax, falling action, resolution, and theme. They will be creating a poster on these stages within their small groups. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, November 10th with a parent signature. 

On Thursday, we will be visiting the library for an introduction to historical fiction. Students will be checking out new titles for their Historical Fiction Reading Logs, which will be explained on Monday, November 10th.

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, November 7th.

Don’t forget, no school on Friday, November 7th due to Teacher Inservice!

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

liter (Latin) “letter”

log (Greek) “word, speech, idea, reason”

gram, graph (Greek) “letter, writing” and “to write”

script, scrib (Latin) “to write”

Unit 7 Word List: literal, literate, obliterate, illogical, analogy, apologetic, diagram, program, biographical, descriptive, subscribe, manuscript

The Latin and Greek Unit 7 Quiz is Thursday, November 6th. With Halloween this week and a short week next week (no school Friday, November 7th) we will take some extra time to learn our Unit 7 vocabulary. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, focusing on chapters 41-50 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, make predictions, compare and contrast, draw conclusions, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions. A quiz on Holes chapters 33-50 is planned for Friday, October 31st. 

We will be taking our character trait project into a third phase this week, where each student will choose the most important trait (external, internal, feelings, or actions) they feel they have studied on their character. Students will be creating a character “selfie” illustration, stating the trait, and writing supporting evidence to explain why their character exemplifies this trait. The character selfie project is due Friday, October 31st. 

Nonfiction Text - On Friday in class, we will be taking a look at some nonfiction text in our magazine, Scholastic Scope. Throughout these articles titled “Witches Among Them” and “How Candy Took Over America” we will be working on new vocabulary, summarizing strategies, and text features.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, November 3rd with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, October 31st.

Wishing you all a safe and happy Halloween!

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

val, vail (Latin) “to be strong”

fort (Latin) “strong”

dur (Latin) “tough, hard” and “to last”

rob (Latin) “oak; strength”

solid (Latin) “to make solid”

Unit 7 Word List: valiant, valor, avail, fortitude, forte, enduring, durable, duration, corroborate, robust, consolidate, solidarity

The Latin and Greek Unit 7 Quiz is Wednesday, November 5th. With Halloween this week and a short week next week (no school Friday, November 7th) we will take some extra time to learn our Unit 7 vocabulary. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear reading chapters 23-25. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, predict, explain, make character connections, describe character traits, summarize, participate in class discussions, answer comprehension questions, and continue to understand story elements.

We will be taking our character trait project into a third phase this week, where each student will choose the most important trait (external, internal, feelings, or actions) they feel they have studied on their character. Students will be creating a character “selfie” illustration, stating the trait, and writing supporting evidence to explain why their character exemplifies this trait. The character selfie project is due Friday, October 31st. 

Nonfiction Text - On Thursday and Friday in class, we will be taking a look at some nonfiction text in our magazine, Scholastic Scope. Throughout these articles titled “Witches Among Them” and “How Candy Took Over America” we will be working on new vocabulary, summarizing strategies, and text features. Also, in our magazine we plan to read and act out “The Tell-Tale Heart” which is based on the classic work by Edgar Allan Poe. Throughout this drama, we will learn about how the author creates a suspenseful mood, perfect for Halloween!

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, November 3rd with a parent signature. 

On Friday, we will head to the library for an introduction to our new Reading Log genre… Historical Fiction!

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, October 31st.

Wishing you all a safe and happy Halloween!

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

bell (Latin) “war”

am (Latin) “love” and “friend”

agon (Greek) “contest; struggle”

phil (Greek) “love”

Unit 7 Word List: bellicose, antebellum, belligerence, enamored, amiable, amicable, antagonize, protagonist, antagonist, philosophical, philanthropy, bibliophile

The Latin and Greek Unit 7 Quiz is Wednesday, November 5th. With Halloween this week and a short week next week (no school Friday, November 7th) we will take some extra time to learn our Unit 7 vocabulary. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, working on chapters 27-30. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, discuss story elements, describe character traits, and answer comprehension questions. A quiz on chapters 27-30 is planned for Thursday, October 30.

We will be taking our character trait project into a third phase this week, where each student will choose the most important trait (external, internal, feelings, or actions) they feel they have studied on their character. Students will be creating a character “selfie” illustration, stating the trait, and writing supporting evidence to explain why their character exemplifies this trait. The character selfie project is due Friday, October 31st. 

Nonfiction Text - On Thursday and Friday in class, we will be taking a look at some nonfiction text in our magazine, Scholastic Scope. Throughout these articles titled “Witches Among Them” and “How Candy Took Over America” we will be working on new vocabulary, summarizing strategies, and text features. Also, in our magazine we plan to read and act out “The Tell-Tale Heart” which is based on the classic work by Edgar Allan Poe. Throughout this drama, we will learn about how the author creates a suspenseful mood, perfect for Halloween!

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, November 3rd with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, October 31st.

Wishing you all a safe and happy Halloween!

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

serv (Latin) “to save, to keep”

strict (Latin) “to bind”

solut (Latin) “to loosen; to solve”

lib, liv (Latin) “free”

Unit 6 Word List: preservation, conservative, observant, constrict, restriction, solution, absolute, deliverance, liberate, liberal

The Latin and Greek Unit 6 Quiz is Friday, October 24. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, focusing on chapters 34-42 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, make predictions, “think back” to determine significance, practice a long response that supports student opinion, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions. 

We will be taking our character trait project into phase 2 this week studying character feelings and actions. The character feeling and actions pages are due Friday, October 24th.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 27th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady lesson is due Friday, October 24th.

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

curs, course (Latin) “to run”

celer (Latin) “fast, swift, quick”

vola (Latin) “to fly”

mov (Latin) “to move”

fug (Latin) “to flee”

Unit 6 Word List: excursion, discourse, accelerated, volatile, immovable, mobile, demote, fugitive, refuge, subterfuge

The Latin and Greek Unit 6 Quiz is Friday, October 24. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear reading chapters 20-23. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, predict, explain, make text-to-self connections, describe character traits, summarize, participate in class discussions, answer comprehension questions, and continue to understand story elements. A quiz on chapters 18-23 is planned for Friday, October 24th. 

We will be taking our character trait project into phase 2 this week studying character feelings and actions. The character feeling and actions pages are due Friday, October 24th.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 27th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady lesson is due Friday, October 24th.

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

cant, chant (Latin) “to sing; to call”

aud (Latin) “to hear”

son (Latin) “to sound”

Log (Latin) “to speak; to reason”

Unit 6 Word List: recant, incantation, disenchanted, inaudible, auditory, audit, dissonance, assonance, resonant, analogous, dialogue, prologue

The Latin and Greek Unit 6 Quiz is Friday, October 24. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, working on chapters 23-26. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, practice similes using the text, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, discuss and understand story elements, describe character traits, and answer comprehension questions. A quiz on chapters 21-26 is planned for Friday, October 24th. 

We will be taking our character trait project into phase 2 this week studying character feelings and actions. The character feeling and actions pages are due Friday, October 24th.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 27th with a parent signature. 

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - This week we will continue working on our Unit 5 roots and vocabulary words. Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

jac, ject (Latin) “to throw, to hurl”

ball, bol, bl (Greek) “to throw”

pass (Latin) “to spread out” and “a step”

pend, pens (Latin) “to hang; to weigh”

Unit 5 Word List: adjacent, subject, projectile, ballistic, parable, symbolize, encompass, passable, appendix, dispense, suspend

The Latin and Greek Unit 5 Quiz is Wednesday, October 15. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, focusing on chapters 31-36 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, find problems in the story, use “thought bubbles”, infer, predict, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions. A quiz on chapters 21-32 is planned for Tuesday, October 14.

Students will also be working on a character trait project this week where they will infer character traits through dialogue. Also, students will go back through their novel on chapters read so far and pull text evidence about external (outside traits - physical appearance) and internal (inside traits - thoughts, feelings, dialogue, and actions) traits about a main character of their choice. The character trait packet will be due on Wednesday, October 15th. 

Weekly Reading Log - It is time for some SPOOKY, MYSTERIOUS, and SUSPENSEFUL books! We visited the library last week to find amazing titles in this genre. Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Logs. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 20th with parent signatures. Students will continue reading their selections of mystery/suspense titles for the remainder of October. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Friday, October 17th. Students are allowed to work on iReady from home if their lesson is not completed in school Monday-Wednesday. 

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - This week we will continue working on our Unit 5 roots and vocabulary words. Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

hum (Latin) “ground, earth”

stell (Latin) “star”

astr (Greek) “star”

neb, nimb (Latin) “cloud”

celes (Latin) “sky”

terr (Latin) “earth, ground”

Unit 5 Word List: humility, exhume, stellar, astronomical, nebulous, nimbus, celestial, terrestrial, inter, subterranean

The Latin and Greek Unit 5 Quiz is Wednesday, October 15. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear reading chapters 19-20. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, predict, explain, answer comprehension questions, infer, compare and contrast, describe character traits and setting details, summarize, participate in class discussions, and continue to understand story elements. 

Students will also be working on a character trait project this week where they will infer character traits through dialogue. Also, students will go back through their novel on chapters read so far and pull text evidence about external (outside traits - physical appearance) and internal (inside traits - thoughts, feelings, dialogue, and actions) traits about a main character of their choice. The character trait packet will be due on Wednesday, October 15th. 

Weekly Reading Log - It is time for some SPOOKY, MYSTERIOUS, and SUSPENSEFUL books! We visited the library last week to find amazing titles in this genre. Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Logs. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 20th with parent signatures. Students will continue reading their selections of mystery/suspense titles for the remainder of October. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Friday, October 17th. Students are allowed to work on iReady from home if their lesson is not completed in school Monday-Wednesday. 

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - This week we will continue working on our Unit 5 roots and vocabulary words. Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

lega (Latin) “to appoint; to send on a mission; to charge with”

act, ag (Latin) “to do, to act”

puls, pel (Latin) “to push”

lat (Latin) “brought; carried”

Unit 5 Word List: legacy, delegate, agenda, proactive, exacting, repulsion, dispel, propel, relative, superlative, dilate

The Latin and Greek Unit 5 Quiz is Wednesday, October 15. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, working on chapters 21 and 22 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, discuss story elements, describe character traits, and answer comprehension questions. 

Students will also be working on a character trait project this week where they will infer character traits through dialogue. Also, students will go back through their novel on chapters read so far and pull text evidence about external (outside traits - physical appearance) and internal (inside traits - thoughts, feelings, dialogue, and actions) traits about a main character of their choice. The character trait packet will be due on Wednesday, October 15th. 

Weekly Reading Log -  Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses (with complete sentences) on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 13th with a parent signature. 

On Thursday, both 8th grade classes will spend some time at the library for a mystery/suspense introduction and have the opportunity to check out a book in this genre. Students will then be introduced to a revamped Mystery/Suspense Reading Log for the remaining weeks of October. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Friday. 

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - We will be taking a break with our Latin & Greek due to another short week and Camp Duncan on Thursday. In class, we will be reviewing Units 1-4 roots and vocabulary words. 

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, finishing reviewing chapters 19-21 from last week and focusing on chapters 22-30 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, make a text to self connection, focus on an agreement-effect relationship, find a cause, draw conclusions, complete a Venn diagram, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions.

Students received their first project for Holes last week. Students are to represent the setting of the book by creating an advertisement of Camp Green Lake with a canteen design OR design a T-Shirt. This project is due on Wednesday, October 1st before the 6th graders depart to their very own adventure to Camp Duncan! 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 6th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Camp Duncan is Thursday, October 2nd! 

Don’t forget, no school October 3rd!

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - We will be taking a break with our Latin & Greek due to another short week. In class, we will be reviewing Units 1-4 roots and vocabulary words. 

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear focusing on chapters 13-16 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, infer, make a text to self connection, describe character traits and setting details, summarize, participate in class discussions, and continue to understand story elements.

Last week, students received a project for Touching Spirit Bear. Students will look back through chapters 1-13 and pull out six setting descriptions. Students will then choose a setting to illustrate using descriptive details from the book. This project will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 6th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget, no school October 3rd!

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - We will be taking a break with our Latin & Greek due to another short week. In class, we will be reviewing Units 1-4 roots and vocabulary words. 

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, focusing on chapters 14-18 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, infer, discuss story elements, describe character traits, study author description, and answer comprehension questions. 

Last week, students received a project for Prisoner B-3087. Students will look back through chapters 1-14 and pull out six setting descriptions. Students will then choose a setting to illustrate using descriptive details from the book. This project will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 6th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget, no school October 3rd!

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

reg, reig (Latin) “king”

vict (Latin) “to conquer”

poss, pot (Latin) “powerful” and “to be able”

dom (Latin) “ro rule” or “house”

Unit 4 Word List: regal, reign, regicide, conflict, victorious, evict, possessive, potent, omnipotent, domestic, dominate, dominion, domicile

The Unit 4 Quiz is THURSDAY. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, finishing up chapters 14 and 15 from last week and focusing on chapters 16-21. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, infer, determine cause/effect relationship, make a text-to-self connection, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions. A quiz on Chapters 9-20 is planned for Thursday. 

Also, students will be receiving their first project for Holes this week. Students are to represent the setting of the book by creating an advertisement of Camp Green Lake with a canteen design OR design a T-Shirt. This project is due on Wednesday, October 1st before the 6th graders depart to their very own adventure… Camp Duncan! 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 29th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget! No school Friday, September 26th.

Camp Duncan is Thursday, October 2nd! There will be no Latin and Greek next week, as we will only be in class for three days.

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

sanct (Latin) “holy”

dei (Latin) “god”

the (Greek) “god”

cast, chast (Latin) “pure”

Unit 4 Word List: sanctum, sanctify, sanctions, sanctuary, deity, deify, pantheon, polytheistic, monotheism, castigate, chastened, chastise

The Unit 4 Quiz is THURSDAY. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear, finishing chapters 10-12 from last week and focusing on chapters 13-14. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, describe character traits, summarize, participate in class discussions, and continue to understand story elements. A quiz for chapters 6-11 is planned for Thursday. 

Also, on Thursday, students will be receiving a project for Touching Spirit Bear. Students will look back through chapters 1-13 and pull out six setting descriptions. Students will then choose one setting description to illustrate. This project will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 29th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget! No school Friday, September 26th.

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

form (Latin) “to form, to establish”

apt, ept (Latin) “to fit”

pos, pon (Latin) “to put, to place”

fig (Latin) “to shape”

Unit 4 Word List: misinformation, reform, formative, inept, adept, aptitude, posit, impose, disposition, figment, effigy, prefigure

The Unit 4 Quiz is THURSDAY. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, finishing chapters 10 and 11 from last week and continuing on to chapters 12-14 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, infer, discuss story elements, describe character traits, study author description, and answer comprehension questions. A quiz is planned for Thursday on Chapters 8-14. 

Also, on Thursday, students will be receiving a project for Prisoner B-3087. Students will look back through chapters 1-14 and pull out six setting descriptions. Students will then choose one setting description to illustrate. This project will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 29th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget! No school Friday, September 26th.

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

cap, capt, cip (Latin) “to seize, to take, to get”

prehend (Latin) “to seize, to grasp, to take”

sum, sumpt (Latin) “to take, to use up, to buy”

rapt, rap (Latin) “to seize”

Unit 3 Word List: capacity, captivate, recipient, apprehend, comprehend, assumption, consume, presumptuous, sumptuous, rapture, rapidity

The Unit 3 Quiz is Friday.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, focusing on chapters 10-15. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, predict, determine cause/effect, describe character traits, draw conclusions, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 22nd with a parent signature. 

Library This Week - Middle School will receive an overview of how to use Alexandria (Library Catalog) to search library materials available to St. Joe students. Students will have time to check out materials and brainstorm possible books, book series, or book characters for the Annual Cook Memorial Bookmark Contest!

I look forward to seeing you at Curriculum Night, Thursday, September 18th at 6pm!

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

cept, cip, ceive (Latin) “to take, to seize”

hab, hib (Latin) “to have, to hold” and “to have a home, to dwell”

dit (Latin) “to give”

don (Latin) “to give” and “gift”

Unit 3 Word List: intercept, participant, conceive, deceptive, exceptional, anticipate, cohabitation, exhibit, editorial, nontraditional, donor, condone

The Unit 3 Quiz is Friday.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear, focusing on Chapters 9-12. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, describe character traits, summarize, participate in class discussions, and continue to understand story elements. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 22nd with a parent signature. 

Library This Week - Middle School will receive an overview of how to use Alexandria (Library Catalog) to search library materials available to St. Joe students. Students will have time to check out materials and brainstorm possible books, book series, or book characters for the Annual Cook Memorial Bookmark Contest!

I look forward to seeing you at Curriculum Night, Thursday, September 18th at 6pm!

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

hib, hab (Latin) “to have, to hold”

fus,found  (Latin) “to pour out”

ten, tain, tin (Latin) “to hold”

ple (Latin) “to fill”

Unit 3 Word List: prohibit, inhibit, suffuse, confound, infuse, sustain, abstain, tenacious, retinue, replete, implement, deplete

The Unit 3 Quiz is Friday.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, focusing on chapters 8-11. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, infer, discuss story elements, describe character traits, make text to self connections, and answer comprehension questions.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete their Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 22nd with a parent signature. 

Library This Week - Middle School will receive an overview of how to use Alexandria (Library Catalog) to search library materials available to St. Joe students. Students will have time to check out materials and brainstorm possible books, book series, or book characters for the Annual Cook Memorial Bookmark Contest!

I look forward to seeing you at Curriculum Night, Thursday, September 18th at 6pm!